The 19 minute, 53 second interview I conducted with Bob Byington and Kristen Tucker (Harmony and Me) along with John Gatins (Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story) that I agreed to shoot & edit in camera.
The film follows Harmony (Justin/Justice Rice) after his girlfriend Jessica (Tucker) abruptly leaves him, unsatisfied with what he represents. From there it’s equal parts mediation on life, sleeping with your neighbor and wondering about the changes in your life. One of the best things I saw while at CineVegas this year, Harmony comforts you with the knowledge that everything won’t be ok; but you’ll wind up doing just fine.
That said, I also brought a copy of Kirk Honeycutt’s review of Harmony with me to ask Bob about his thoughts on one of the few negative reviews he’s received. We also learned Kirk wrote the 1992 film Final Judgment, which is about a stripper and a priest. And the priest fights to clear his name because people think he killed the stripper. Hilarity.
-John Lichman
December 30th, 2009 at 10:55 am
[...] any better. Obviously because we’ve all been in the same boat, or will be or could be. Byington deals with Harmony using the droll wit and humor that have to emerge when we realize that we’re not [...]